LCK

Registered charity 1198839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Londons community kitchen

London's Community Kitchen is a charitable organisation that addresses food insecurity and promotes community well-being. We provide nutritious meals and culinary education to vulnerable communities across London. Through partnerships with local authorities & Businesses, we operate community kitchens, food distribution programs, education workshops, empowering individuals to a better future.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED DUE TO POVERTY BY OPERATING A CAFE TO PROVIDE MEALS TO THE HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED AND PROVIDING A SERVICE TO PROVIDE THE HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED WITH CLOTHES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted reserves of £7,903 as at 31 May 2025, with confirmed funding for less than 12 months from June 2025. The trustees consider the charity a going concern subject to raising funds successfully and are monitoring spending and cash flow regularly to ensure liabilities are met.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mumtaz Khanchair
• Rabia Ghaffar
• Suzy Jakeman
• mohammed mukhtar ghaffar

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Manchester City · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN.

• TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN income £123k
• HOT LINE MEALS SERVICE (LONDON) income £425k
• LINCOLN COMMUNITY LARDER income £116k
• LONDON INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £1000k
• THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £9.3m
• LOW COST LIVING LIMITED income £7.8m

Side by side with its peers

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